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Nominations for the 2018 Oscars, or Academy Awards, the highest honors in the movie industry, were announced on Tuesday. The awards will be handed out on March 4 at a ceremony in Hollywood hosted by comedian Jimmy Kimmel.&nbsp;
The nominees for the 90th annual Academy Awards have just been announced at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.
Guillermo Del Toro's cold war fantasy 'The Shape of Water' dominated the nominations as the movie garnered 13 nods, one shy of the record of 14 nominations shared by movies like 'All About Eve', 'Titanic' and 'La La Land'.The movie has been nominated for Best Picture, Best Director nod for Del Toro, Best Screenplay and acting awards for Sally Hawkins (Best Actress in a Leading Role) and Octavia Spencer (Best Actress in a Supporting Role), in addition to many nominations in the technical categories.
Christopher Nolan's war epic 'Dunkirk' was not far behind. The movie was nominated for eight Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Director (Christopher Nolan) and Best Cinematography. Meanwhile, 'Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri', which is considered to be a frontrunner in Best Picture category after wins at the Golden Globes and SAG awards, is up for seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, lead actress nod for Frances McDormand, with Sam Rockwell and Woody Harrelson nominated in Best Supporting Actor (Male) category. There was also a historical moment at the announcement ceremony when 'Mudbound' cinematographer Rachel Morrison became the first woman ever to get nominated in the Best Cinematography category.
Tiffany Haddish and Andy Serkis made an announcement alongside Academy president John Bailey. To win his first Oscar as the Best Director, Christopher Nolan will be fighting it out with Jordan Peele for 'Get Out', Greta Gerwig for 'Lady Bird', Paul Thomas Anderson for 'Phantom Thread' and Guillermo Del Toro for 'The Shape of Water'.&nbsp; The nominations presenters were Andy Serkis and Tiffany Haddish, with Bollywood star Priyanka Chopra as a special guest.
The complete list of nominees is as follows:
Best Picture Call Me by Your Name Darkest Hour Dunkirk Get Out Lady Bird Phantom Thread The Post The Shape of Water Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Best Actor Timoth&eacute;e Chalamet, Call Me By Your Name Daniel Day-Lewis, Phantom Thread Daniel Kaluuya, Get Out Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour Denzel Washington, Roman J Israel, Esq
Best Actress Sally Hawkins, The Shape of Water Frances McDormand, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Margot Robbie, I, Tonya Saoirse Ronan, Lady Bird Meryl Streep, The Post
Best Supporting Actress Mary J Blige, Mudbound Allison Janney, I, Tonya Lesley Manville, Phantom Thread Laurie Metcalf, Lady Bird Octavia Spencer, The Shape of Water
Best Supporting Actor Willem Dafoe, The Florida Project Woody Harrelson, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Richard Jenkins, The Shape of Water Christopher Plummer, All the Money in the World Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Best Animated Film The Boss Baby The Breadwinner Coco Ferdinand Loving Vincent
Best Director Paul Thomas Anderson, Phantom Thread Guillermo del Toro, The Shape of Water Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird Christopher Nolan, Dunkirk Jordan Peele, Get Out
Best Documentary Abacus: Small Enough to Jail Faces Places Icarus Last Men in Aleppo Strong Island
Best Documentary Short Edith+Eddie Heaven Is a Traffic Jam on the 405 Heroin(e) Knife Skills Traffic Stop
Best Foreign Language Film A Fantastic Woman The Insult Loveless On Body and Soul The Square
Best Song Mighty River, Mudbound The Mystery of Love, Call Me by Your Name Remember Me, Coco Stand Up for Something, Marshall This Is Me, The Greatest Showman
Best Adapted Screenplay Call Me by Your Name The Disaster Artist Logan Molly&rsquo;s Game Mudbound
Best Original Screenplay The Big Sick Get Out Lady Bird The Shape of Water Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Best Cinematography Blade Runner 2049 Darkest Hour Dunkirk Mudbound The Shape of Water
Best Costume Design Beauty and the Beast Darkest Hour Phantom Thread The Shape of Water Victoria &amp; Abdul
Best Editing Baby Driver Dunkirk I, Tonya The Shape of Water Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Best Makeup And Hair Darkest Hour Victoria &amp; Abdul Wonder
Best Score Dunkirk Phantom Thread The Shape of Water Star Wars: The Last Jedi Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Best Production Design Beauty and the Beast Blade Runner 2049 Darkest Hour Dunkirk The Shape of Water
Best Animated Short Dear Basketball Garden Party Lou Negative Space Revolting Rhymes
Best live Action Short DeKalb Elementary The Eleven O&rsquo;Clock My Nephew Emmett The Silent Child Watu Wote/All of Us
Best Sound Editing Baby Driver Blade Runner 2049 Dunkirk The Shape of Water Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Best Sound Mixing Baby Driver Blade Runner 2049 Dunkirk The Shape of Water Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Best Visual Effects Blade Runner 2049 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Kong: Skull Island Star Wars: The Last Jedi War for the Planet of the Apes
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